Research
The Centre acts as a focus for the social policy research interests of people from different disciplines and different subject areas. CASP aims to disseminate research results through publications, specialised policy seminars and this and related websites.
Research themes
Work and Welfare
Our research contributes to two major policy debates in regards to work and welfare. The Government has invested heavily in policies of welfare to work, as a vehicle for addressing poverty and social exclusion, and for reinforcing active citizenship: our research evaluates the effectiveness of such policies for different target groups and the trade-offs involved, notably between domestic caring and employment. Second, we address the renewed debate around the quality of work and its contribution to wellbeing.
Health and Social Care
Our research contributes to three major policy debates around health and social care: the persistence of health inequalities; the growing policy concern with healthy lifestyles and communities; and the reorganisation and ‘modernisation’ of health and social care.
- Mark Baldwin
- Linda Bauld
- Louise Brown
- Pat Day
- Anna Gilmore
- Nick Gould
- Ken Judge
- Allan Kellehear
- Ellen Kuhlmann
- Lorna Templeton
- Richard Velleman
Children and Young People
Children and young people have been at the centre of three major policy debates: the commitment to reduce child poverty; recognition that young people must be given ‘voice’; concern that many young people are at risk. Our research contributes to the knowledge base in all three.
Globalisation, Wellbeing and Governance
Our research engages with key social policy debates at European and global levels. We investigate different trajectories of national social policy development in response to globalisation; welfare and wellbeing in developing countries; and multi-level social policy governance both regionally and globally.
- Emma Carmel
- Young Jun Choi
- David Collard
- Peter Cressey
- Ana Dinerstein
- Horst Feldmann
- Ian Gough
- Bryn Jones
- Colin Lawson
- Theo Papadopulos
- Graham Room
- Guy Standing
Policy Analysis and Design
We are developing new tools for the analysis, design and presentation of policies. This is strongly inter-disciplinary, drawing on contributions from social psychology, sociology, economics, social policy and social work.
